Stephen D. Sebestyen, PhD

Research Hydrologist

Northern Research Station

0000-0002-6315-0108

stephen.sebestyen@usda.gov

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R. Daren Harmel, Devendra M. Amatya, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Ge Sun, Joshua Mott, Merilynn Schantz, Johnny Boggs, Peter V. Caldwell, John Campbell, Aaron Hird, Elizabeth Keppeler, Benjamin Rau, Sherri Johnson, Doug Smith. 2026. Water quality in reference watersheds in the United States: A compilation and analysis of small watershed data
R. M. Wilson, C. C. Petro, M. M. Tfaily, V. G. Salmon, R. J. Norby, K. Duchesneau, J. Birkebak, K. N. Smith, G. Makke, K. E. Briley, S. H. Bosman, S. B. Hodgkins, T. Song, N. A. Griffiths, Stephen D. Sebestyen, P. J. Hanson, C. W. Schadt, J. E. Kostka, J. P. Chanton. 2026. Plant‐Induced Changes Mediate Belowground Carbon Cycling in an Experimentally Warmed Peatland
Quan Quan, Jian Zhou, Paul J. Hanson, Daniel Ricciuto, Stephen D. Sebestyen, David J. Weston, Jeffrey P. Chanton, Rachel M. Wilson, Joel E. Kostka, Yu Zhou, Ning Wei, Lifen Jiang, Melanie A. Mayes, Jonathan M. Stelling, Andrew D. Richardson, Mirindi Eric Dusenge, Danielle Way, Jeffrey M. Warren, Yiqi Luo. 2025. Drought-induced peatland carbon loss exacerbated by elevated CO ₂ and warming
Mariel W. Jones, Salli F. Dymond, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Xue Feng. 2025. Snow Accumulation Increases with Forest Structural Diversity in Low‐Relief Catchments
Devendra M. Amatya, S. Mukherjee, Elizabeth Keppeler, Peter V. Caldwell, Sherri Johnson, Stephen D. Sebestyen, John Campbell, Benjamin Rau, Kelly J. Elder, D.A. Misra, Pete M. Wohlgemuth. 2025. Trends and characteristics of hydroclimatic extremes on reference watersheds in experimental forests in the USA
Tamara K. Harms, Jim Hood, Mark D. Scheuerell, Irena Creed, John Campbell, I. Fernandez, S. N. Higgins, Sherri Johnson, James B. Shanley, Stephen D. Sebestyen, K. L. Webster, H. Yao. 2025. Seasonal synchronicity and multi-decadal stability of headwater biogeochemistry in the northern temperate zone
Karin Eklöf, Heleen de Wit, Chris S. Eckley, Collin A. Eagles-Smith, Sue Eggert, Robert W. Mackereth, Ulf Skyllberg, Liisa Ukonmaanaho, Matti Verta, Craig Allan, Erik J. S. Emilson, Karen A. Kidd, Carl P. J. Mitchell, John Munthe, Tapani Sallantaus, Joel Segersten, Andrea G. Bravo, Randy Kolka, Colin P. R. McCarter, Petri Porvari, Eva Ring, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Ulf Sikström, Therese Sahlén. Zetterberg. 2025. The Effects of Forest Harvesting on Total and Methylmercury Concentrations in Surface Waters Depend on Harvest Practices and Physical Site Characteristics
Stephen D. Sebestyen, James B. Shanley, Theresa Blume, Jonathan M. Duncan, Julia Jones, Catalina Segura, M. Alisa. Mast. 2025. Introduction to the Special Issue on Research and Observatory Catchments
Holly J. Curtinrich, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Steven J. Hall. 2024. Metal-bound carbon and nutrients across hydrologically diverse boreal peatlands
Jenna Zukswert, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Randall Kolka, Susan L. Eggert. 2024. Managing Mercury: Insights from Monitoring and Manipulation at the Marcell Experimental Forest
Andrew D. Richardson, Christina Schädel, Andreas Westergaard‐Nielsen, Kimberly A. Novick, David Basler, Jana R. Phillips, Misha B. Krassovski, Jeffrey M. Warren, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Paul J. Hanson. 2024. Experimental Whole‐Ecosystem Warming Enables Novel Estimation of Snow Cover and Depth Sensitivities to Temperature, and Quantification of the Snow‐Albedo Feedback Effect
Mark Felice, Cameron M. Blake, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Jessica L. M. Gutknecht. 2024. Microbial abundances and carbon use under ambient temperature or experimental warming in a southern boreal peatland
C. P. R. McCarter, Stephen D. Sebestyen, J. D. Jeremiason, E. A. Nater, Randy Kolka. 2024. Methylmercury Export From a Headwater Peatland Catchment Decreased With Cleaner Emissions Despite Opposing Effect of Climate Warming
Juliana D'Andrilli, Carlos M. Romero, Phoebe Zito, David C. Podgorski, Robert A. Payn, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Andrew R. Zimmerman, Fernando L. Rosario-Ortiz. 2023. Advancing chemical lability assessments of organic matter using a synthesis of FT-ICR MS data across diverse environments and experiments
Mariel W. Jones, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Salli F. Dymond, G.H. Crystal Ng, Xue Feng. 2023. Soil frost controls streamflow generation processes in headwater catchments
Colin P. R. McCarter, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Jill K. Coleman Wasik, Daniel R. Engstrom, Randy Kolka, Jeff D. Jeremiason, Edward B. Swain, Bruce A. Monson, Brian A. Branfireun, Steven J. Balogh, Edward A. Nater, Sue Eggert, Paris Ning, Carl P. J. Mitchell. 2022. Long-Term Experimental Manipulation of Atmospheric Sulfate Deposition to a Peatland: Response of Methylmercury and Related Solute Export in Streamwater
Kevin A. Ryan, Thomas Adler, Ann T. Chalmers, Julia Perdrial, Stephen D. Sebestyen, James B. Shanley, Aron Stubbins. 2022. Optical properties of dissolved organic matter in throughfall and stemflow vary across tree species and season in a temperate headwater forest
Daniel Liptzin, Jens Boy, John Campbell, Nicholas Clarke, Jean‐Paul Laclau, Roberto Godoy, Sherri Johnson, Klaus Kaiser, Gene E. Likens, Gunilla Pihl Karlsson, Daniel Markewitz, Michela Rogora, Stephen D. Sebestyen, James B. Shanley, Elena Vanguelova, Arne Verstraeten, Wolfgang Wilcke, Fred Worrall, William H. McDowell. 2022. Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Atmospheric Deposition of Dissolved Organic Carbon
Anna B. Stockstad, Robert A. Slesak, Alan J. Toczydlowski, Charles R. Blinn, Randy Kolka, Stephen D. Sebestyen. 2022. The effects of combined throughfall reduction and snow removal on soil physical properties across a drainage gradient in aspen forests of northern Minnesota, USA
Anna B. Stockstad, Robert A. Slesak, Alan J. Toczydlowski, Charles R. Blinn, Randy Kolka, Stephen D. Sebestyen. 2022. Limited effects of precipitation manipulation on soil respiration and inorganic N concentrations across soil drainage classes in northern Minnesota aspen forests
James B. Shanley, Ann T. Chalmers, Jon C. Denner, Stewart F. Clark, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Serena Matt, Thor E. Smith. 2022. Hydrology and biogeochemistry datasets from Sleepers River Research Watershed, Danville, Vermont, USA
Veronica M. Porter, James B. Shanley, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Fengjing Liu. 2022. Controls on decadal, annual, and seasonal concentration‐discharge relationships in the Sleepers River Research Watershed, Vermont, northeastern United States
Colin P. R. McCarter, Sue Eggert, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Randy Kolka, Carl P. J. Mitchell. 2022. Effects of Clearcutting and Residual Biomass Harvesting on Hillslope Mercury Mobilization and Downgradient Mercury Accumulation
Colleen M. Iversen, John Latimer, Deanne J. Brice, Joanne Childs, Holly M. Vander Stel, Camille E. Defrenne, Jake Graham, Natalie A. Griffiths, Avni Malhotra, Richard J. Norby, Keith C. Oleheiser, Jana R. Phillips, Verity G. Salmon, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Xiaojuan Yang, Paul J. Hanson. 2022. Whole-Ecosystem Warming Increases Plant-Available Nitrogen and Phosphorus in an Ombrotrophic Bog
Caroline E. Pierce, Olha S. Furman, Sarah L. Nicholas, Jill Coleman Wasik, Caitlin M. Gionfriddo, Ann M. Wymore, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Randy Kolka, Carl P. J. Mitchell, Natalie A. Griffiths, Dwayne A. Elias, Edward A. Nater, Brandy M. Toner. 2022. Role of Ester Sulfate and Organic Disulfide in Mercury Methylation in Peatland Soils
Sarah J. Shelley, Deanne J. Brice, Colleen M. Iversen, Randy Kolka, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Natalie A. Griffiths. 2022. Deciphering the shifting role of intrinsic and extrinsic drivers on moss decomposition in peatlands over a 5‐year period
Holly J. Curtinrich, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Natalie A. Griffiths, Steven J. Hall. 2022. Warming Stimulates Iron-Mediated Carbon and Nutrient Cycling in Mineral-Poor Peatlands
Rachel M. Wilson, Natalie A. Griffiths, Ate Visser, Karis J. McFarlane, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Keith C. Oleheiser, Samantha Bosman, Anya M. Hopple, Malak M. Tfaily, Randy Kolka, Paul J. Hanson, Joel E. Kostka, Scott D. Bridgham, Jason K. Keller, Jeffrey P. Chanton. 2021. Radiocarbon Analyses Quantify Peat Carbon Losses With Increasing Temperature in a Whole Ecosystem Warming Experiment
Fenghui Yuan, Yihui Wang, Daniel M. Ricciuto, Xiaoying Shi, Fengming Yuan, Thomas Brehme, Scott Bridgham, Jason Keller, Jeffrey M. Warren, Natalie A. Griffiths, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Paul J. Hanson, Peter E. Thornton, Xiaofeng Xu. 2021. Hydrological feedbacks on peatland CH₄ emission under warming and elevated CO₂: A modeling study
Jonathan M. Stelling, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Natalie A. Griffiths, Carl P. J. Mitchell, Mark B. Green. 2021. The stable isotopes of natural waters at the Marcell Experimental Forest
Daniel M. Ricciuto, Xiaofeng Xu, Xiaoying Shi, Yihui Wang, Xia Song, Christopher W. Schadt, Natalie A. Griffiths, Jiafu Mao, Jeffrey M. Warren, Peter E. Thornton, Jeff Chanton, Jason K. Keller, Scott D. Bridgham, Jessica Gutknecht, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Adrien Finzi, Randy Kolka, Paul J. Hanson. 2021. An Integrative Model for Soil Biogeochemistry and Methane Processes: I. Model Structure and Sensitivity Analysis
Verity G. Salmon, Deanne J. Brice, Scott Bridgham, Joanne Childs, Jake Graham, Natalie A. Griffiths, Kirsten Hofmockel, Colleen M. Iversen, Terri M. Jicha, Randy Kolka, Joel E. Kostka, Avni Malhotra, Richard J. Norby, Jana R. Phillips, Daniel Ricciuto, Christopher W. Schadt, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Xiaoying Shi, Anthony P. Walker, Jeffrey Warren, David J. Weston, Xiaojuan Yang, Paul J. Hanson. 2021. Nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in an ombrotrophic peatland: a benchmark for assessing change
Rachel M. Wilson, Malak M. Tfaily, Max Kolton, Eric R. Johnston, Caitlin Petro, Cassandra A. Zalman, Paul J. Hanson, Heino M. Heyman, Jennifer E. Kyle, David W. Hoyt, Elizabeth K. Eder, Samuel O. Purvine, Randy Kolka, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Natalie A. Griffiths, Christopher W. Schadt, Jason K. Keller, Scott D. Bridgham, Jeffrey P. Chanton, Joel E. Kostka. 2021. Soil metabolome response to whole-ecosystem warming at the Spruce and Peatland Responses under Changing Environments experiment
Anna Stockstad, Ella Gray, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Nina Lany, Randy Kolka, Marcella Windmuller-Campione. 2021. Analyzing Trends in Water Table Elevations at the Marcell Experimental Forest, Minnesota, U.S.A.
Colin P. R. McCarter, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Susan L. Eggert, Randy Kolka, Carl P. J. Mitchell. 2021. Differential subsurface mobilization of ambient mercury and isotopically enriched mercury tracers in a harvested and residue harvested hardwood forest in northern Minnesota
Stephen D. Sebestyen, Nina Lany, Daniel Tyler Roman, Jacob Burdick, Richard L. Kyllander, Elon Sandy Verry, Randy Kolka. 2021. Hydrological and meteorological data from research catchments at the Marcell Experimental Forest, Minnesota, USA
Zachary P. McEachran, Diana L. Karwan, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Robert A. Slesak, Gene-Hua Crystal. Ng. 2021. Nonstationary flood-frequency analysis to assess effects of harvest and cover type conversion on peak flows at the Marcell Experimental Forest, Minnesota, USA
Stephen D. Sebestyen, Meghan Funke, James B. Cotner. 2021. Sources and biodegradability of dissolved organic matter in two headwater peatland catchments at the Marcell Experimental Forest, northern Minnesota, USA
Colin P. R. McCarter, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Sue Eggert, Randy Kolka, Carl P. J. Mitchell. 2020. Changes in hillslope hydrology in a perched, shallow soil system due to clearcutting and residual biomass removal
Xue Feng, M. Julian Deventer, Rachel Lonchar, G. H. Crystal Ng, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Daniel Tyler Roman, Timothy J. Griffis, Dylan B. Millet, Randy Kolka. 2020. Climate Sensitivity of Peatland Methane Emissions Mediated by Seasonal Hydrologic Dynamics
Paul J. Hanson, Natalie A. Griffiths, Colleen M. Iversen, Richard J. Norby, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Jana R. Phillips, Jeffrey P. Chanton, Randy Kolka, Avni Malhotra, Keith C. Oleheiser, Jeffrey M. Warren, Xiaoying Shi, Xiaojuan Yang, Jiafu Mao, Daniel M. Ricciuto. 2020. Rapid Net Carbon Loss From a Whole‐Ecosystem Warmed Peatland
Jennie I Sirota, Randy Kolka, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Edward A. Nater. 2020. Mercury dynamics in the pore water of peat columns during experimental freezing and thawing
Natalie A. Griffiths, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Keith C. Oleheiser. 2019. Variation in peatland porewater chemistry over time and space along a bog to fen gradient
S.F. Dymond, A.W. D'Amato, Randy Kolka, P.V. Bolstad, Stephen D. Sebestyen, K. Gill, M.T. Curzon. 2019. Climatic controls on peatland black spruce growth in relation to water table variation and precipitation
Stephen D. Sebestyen, Donald S. Ross, James B. Shanley, Emily M. Elliott, Carol Kendall, John Campbell, D. Bryan Dail, Ivan J. Fernandez, Christine L. Goodale, Gregory B. Lawrence, Gary M. Lovett, Patrick J. McHale, Myron J. Mitchell, Sarah J. Nelson, Michelle D. Shattuck, Trent R. Wickman, Rebecca T. Barnes, Joel T. Bostic, Anthony R. Buda, Douglas A. Burns, Keith N. Eshleman, Jacques C. Finlay, David M. Nelson, Nobuhito Ohte, Linda Pardo, Lucy A. Rose, Robert D. Sabo, Sherry L. Schiff, John Spoelstra, Karl W. J. Williard. 2019. Unprocessed Atmospheric Nitrate in Waters of the Northern Forest Region in the U.S. and Canada
Elizabeth M. Herndon, Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Kiersten A. Duroe, Jonathan Mills, Evan Kane, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Aaron A. Thompson, Stan D. Wullschleger. 2019. Iron (Oxyhydr)Oxides Serve as Phosphate Traps in Tundra and Boreal Peat Soils
Stefan M. Bischof, Brian R. Herwig, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Mark A. Hanson, Kyle D. Zimmer, James B. Cotner, Timothy J. Kroeger. 2019. Further Development of a Specific Conductivity Approach to Measure Groundwater Discharge Area within Lakes
Tomoki Oda, Mark B. Green, Rieko Urakawa, Todd M. Scanlon, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Kevin J. McGuire, Masanori Katsuyama, Karibu Fukuzawa, Mary Beth Adams, Nobuhito Ohte. 2018. Stream Runoff and Nitrate Recovery Times After Forest Disturbance in the USA and Japan
Brittni L. Bertolet, Jessica R. Corman, Nora J. Casson, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Randy Kolka, Emily H. Stanley. 2018. Influence of soil temperature and moisture on the dissolved carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in organic matter entering lake ecosystems
J. R. Corman, B. L. Bertolet, N. J. Casson, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Randy Kolka, E. H. Stanley. 2018. Nitrogen and Phosphorus Loads to Temperate Seepage Lakes Associated With Allochthonous Dissolved Organic Carbon Loads
Jeff D. Jeremiason, Erin I. Baumann, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Alison M. Agather, Emily A. Seelen, Benjamin J. Carlson-Stehlin, Meghan M. Funke, James B. Cotner. 2018. Contemporary Mobilization of Legacy Pb Stores by DOM in a Boreal Peatland
Glenn E. Woerndle, Martin Tsz-Ki Tsui, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Joel D. Blum, Xiangping Nie, Randy Kolka. 2018. New Insights on Ecosystem Mercury Cycling Revealed by Stable Isotopes of Mercury in Water Flowing from a Headwater Peatland Catchment
Natalie A. Griffiths, Paul J. Hanson, Daniel M. Ricciuto, Colleen M. Iversen, Anna M. Jensen, Avni Malhotra, Karis J. McFarlane, Richard J. Norby, Khachik Sargsyan, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Xiaoying Shi, Anthony P. Walker, Eric J. Ward, Jeffrey Warren, David J. Weston. 2017. Temporal and Spatial Variation in Peatland Carbon Cycling and Implications for Interpreting Responses of an Ecosystem-Scale Warming Experiment
Shuang Ma, Jiang Jiang, Yuanyuan Huang, Zheng Shi, Rachel M. Wilson, Daniel Ricciuto, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Paul J. Hanson, Yiqi Luo. 2017. Data-Constrained Projections of Methane Fluxes in a Northern Minnesota Peatland in Response to Elevated CO ₂ and Warming
Salli Dymond, John B. Bradford, Paul V. Bolstad, Randy Kolka, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Thomas M. DeSutter. 2017. Topographic, edaphic, and vegetative controls on plant-available water
Anthony P. Walker, Kelsey R. Carter, Lianhong Gu, Paul J. Hanson, Avni Malhotra, Richard J. Norby, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Stan D. Wullschleger, David J. Weston. 2017. Biophysical drivers of seasonal variability in Sphagnum gross primary production in a northern temperate bog
Stephen D. Sebestyen, Natalie Griffiths. 2016. SPRUCE enclosure corral and sump system: Description, operation, and calibration
Jacob A. Zwart, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Christopher T. Solomon, Stuart E. Jones. 2016. The influence of hydrologic residence time on lake carbon cycling dynamics following extreme precipitation events
R. M. Wilson, A. M. Hopple, M. M. Tfaily, Stephen D. Sebestyen, C. W. Schadt, L. Pfeifer-Meister, C. Medvedeff, K. J. McFarlane, J. E. Kostka, M. Kolton, Randy Kolka, L. A. Kluber, J. K. Keller, T. P. Guilderson, N. A. Griffiths, J. P. Chanton, S. D. Bridgham, P. J. Hanson. 2016. Stability of peatland carbon to rising temperatures
Natalie A. Griffiths, Stephen D. Sebestyen. 2016. Dynamic vertical profiles of peat porewater chemistry in a northern peatland
S.F. Dymond, A.W. D'Amato, Randy Kolka, P.V. Bolstad, Stephen D. Sebestyen, J.B. Bradford. 2016. Growth-climate relationships across topographic gradients in the northern Great Lakes
Devendra M. Amatya, John Campbell, Pete M. Wohlgemuth, Kelly J. Elder, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Sherri Johnson, Elizabeth Keppeler, Mary Beth Adams, Peter V. Caldwell, D. Misra. 2016. Hydrological processes of reference watersheds in Experimental Forests, USA
Jacob A. Zwart, Nicola Craig, Patrick T. Kelly, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Christopher T. Solomon, Brian C. Weidel, Stuart E. Jones. 2016. Metabolic and physiochemical responses to a whole-lake experimental increase in dissolved organic carbon in a north-temperate lake
Stephen D. Sebestyen, Randy Kolka. 2016. Thirty-year results from a paired-catchment study of upland flowpath responses to forest cover conversion in northern Minnesota
Brian H. Hill, Terri M. Jicha, LaRae L.P. Lehto, Colleen M. Elonen, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Randy Kolka. 2016. Comparisons of soil nitrogen mass balances for an ombrotrophic bog and a minerotrophic fen in northern Minnesota
Xiaoying Shi, Dan Ricciuto, Peter Thornton, Paul J. Hanson, J. Mao, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Natalie Griffiths. 2015. Representing northern peatland hydrology and biogeochemistry within the Community Land Model
James B. Shanley, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Jeffrey J. McDonnell, Brian L. McGlynn, Thomas Dunne. 2015. Water's Way at Sleepers River watershed - revisiting flow generation in a post-glacial landscape, Vermont USA
Lucy A. Rose, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Emily M. Elliott, Keisuke Koba. 2015. Drivers of atmospheric nitrate processing and export in forested catchments
Kit Resner, Kyungsoo Yoo, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Anthony Aufdenkampe, Cindy Hale, Amy Lyttle, Alex Blum. 2015. Invasive earthworms deplete key soil inorganic nutrients (Ca, Mg, K, and P) in a northern hardwood forest
Amy Lyttle, Kyungsoo Yoo, Cindy Hale, Anthony Aufdenkampe, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Kathryn Resner, Alex Blum. 2015. Impact of exotic earthworms on organic carbon sorption on mineral surfaces and soil carbon inventories in a northern hardwood forest
Salli Dymond, Randy Kolka, Paul V. Bolstad, Stephen D. Sebestyen. 2014. Long-term soil moisture patterns in a northern Minnesota forest
M. Mazur, C.P.J. Mitchell, C.S. Eckley, Sue Eggert, Randy Kolka, Stephen D. Sebestyen, E.B. Swain. 2014. Gaseous mercury fluxes from forest soils in response to forest harvesting intensity: A field manipulation experiment
Brian H. Hill, Colleen M. Elonen, Terri M. Jicha, Randy Kolka, LaRae L.P. Lehto, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Lindsey R. Seifert-Monson. 2014. Ecoenzymatic stoichiometry and microbial processing of organic matter in northern bogs and fens reveals a common P-limitation between peatland types
Irena F. Creed, Adam T. Spargo, Julia A. Jones, Jim M. Buttle, Mary Beth Adams, Fred D. Beall, Eric G. Booth, John Campbell, Dave Clow, Kelly J. Elder, Mark B. Green, Nancy B. Grimm, Chelcy F. Miniat, Patricia Ramlal, Amartya Saha, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Dave Spittlehouse, Shannon Sterling, Mark W. Williams, Rita Winkler, Huaxia Yao. 2014. Changing forest water yields in response to climate warming: results from long-term experimental watershed sites across North America
Stephen D. Sebestyen, James B. Shanley, Elizabeth W. Boyer, Carol Kendall, Daniel H. Doctor. 2014. Coupled hydrological and biogeochemical processes controlling variability of nitrogen species in streamflow during autumn in an upland forest
Kevin J. McGuire, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Nobuhito Ohte, Emily M. Elliott, Takashi Gomi, Mark B. Green, Brian L. McGlynn, Naoko Tokuchi. 2014. Merging perspectives in the catchment sciences: the US-Japan Joint Seminar on catchment hydrology and forest biogeochemistry
A. Argerich, Sherri Johnson, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Charles C. Rhoades, E. Greathouse, Jennifer D. Knoepp, Mary Beth Adams, G.E. Likens, John Campbell, W.H. McDowell, F.N. Scatena, G.G. Ice. 2013. Trends in stream nitrogen concentrations for forested reference catchments across the USA
James Vose, Chelcy R. Ford, Stephanie H. Laseter, Salli Dymond, Ge Sun, Mary Beth Adams, Stephen D. Sebestyen, John Campbell, Charlie H. Luce, Devendra M. Amatya, Kelly J. Elder, Tamara Heartsill Scalley. 2012. Can forest watershed management mitigate climate change impacts on water resources?
Andrew D. Parsekian, Lee Slater, Dimitrios Ntarlagiannis, James Nolan, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Randy Kolka, Paul J. Hanson. 2012. Uncertainty in peat volume and soil carbon estimated using ground-penetrating radar and probing
James Vose, Chelcy F. Miniat, Stephanie H. Laseter, Salli Dymond, Ge Sun, Mary Beth Adams, Stephen D. Sebestyen, John Campbell, Charlie H. Luce, Devendra M. Amatya, Kelly J. Elder, Tamara Heartsill Scalley. 2012. Can forest watershed management mitigate climate change effects on water resources
Julia A. Jones, Irena F. Creed, Kendra L. Hatcher, Robert J. Warren, Mary Beth Adams, Melinda H. Benson, Emery Boose, Warren A. Brown, John Campbell, Alan Covich, David W. Clow, Clifford N. Dahm, Kelly J. Elder, Chelcy F. Miniat, Nancy B. Grimm, Don Henshaw, Kelli L. Larson, Evan S. Miles, Kathleen M. Miles, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Adam T. Spargo, Asa B. Stone, James Vose, Mark W. Williams. 2012. Ecosystem processes and human influences regulate streamflow response to climate change at long-term ecological research sites
Brian A. Pellerin, John Franco Saraceno, James B. Shanley, Stephen D. Sebestyen, George R. Aiken, Wilfred M. Wollheim, Brian A. Bergamaschi. 2012. Taking the pulse of snowmelt: in situ sensors reveal seasonal, event and diurnal patterns of nitrate and dissolved organic matter variability in an upland forest stream
Amy Lyttle, Kyungsoo Yoo, Cindy Hale, Anthony Aufdenkampe, Stephen D. Sebestyen. 2011. Carbon-mineral interactions along an earthworm ivasion gradient at a sugar maple forest in northern Minnesota
Kathryn Resner, Kyungsoo Yoo, Cindy Hale, Anthony Aufdenkampe, Alex Blum, Stephen D. Sebestyen. 2011. Elemental and mineralogical changes in soils due to bioturbation along an earthworm invasion chronosequence in northern Minnesota
Stephen D. Sebestyen, Elon S. Verry. 2011. Effects of watershed experiments on water chemistry at the Marcell Experimental Forest. Chapter 14.
Stephen D. Sebestyen, Elon S. Verry, Kenneth N. Brooks. 2011. Hydrological responses to changes in forest cover on uplands and peatlands. Chapter 13.
Stephen D. Sebestyen, Carrie Dorrance, Donna Olson, Elon S. Verry, Randy Kolka, Art E. Elling, Richard (Deacon) Kyllander. 2011. Long-term monitoring sites and trends at the Marcell Experimental Forest. Chapter 2.
Randy Kolka, Stephen D. Sebestyen, John B. Bradford. 2011. An evolving research agenda at the Marcell Experimental Forest. Chapter 3.
Elons S. Verry, Kenneth N. Brooks, Dale S. Nichols, Dawn R. Ferris, Stephen D. Sebestyen. 2011. Watershed hydrology. Chapter 7.
Noel Urban, Elon S. Verry, Steven Eisenreich, David F. Grigal, Stephen D. Sebestyen. 2011. Element cycling in upland/peatland watersheds Chapter 8.
Philippe Vidon, Craig Allan, Douglas Burns, Tim P. Duval, Noel Gurwick, Shreeram Inamdar, Richard Lowrance, Judy Okay, Durelle Scott, Stephen D. Sebestyen. 2010. Hot spots and hot moments in riparian zones: Potential for improved water quality management
Pierre D. Glynn, Matthew C. Larsen, Earl A. Greene, Heather L. Buss, David W. Clow, Randall J. Hunt, M. Alisa Mast, Sheila F. Murphy, Norman E. Peters, Stephen D. Sebestyen, James B. Shanley, John F. Walker. 2009. Selected achievements, science directions, and new opportunities for the WEBB Small Watershed Research Program
Stephen D. Sebestyen, James B. Shanley, Elizabeth W. Boyer. 2009. Using high-frequency sampling to detect effects of atmospheric pollutants on stream chemistry
Stephen D. Sebestyen, Elizabeth W. Boyer, James B. Shanley. 2009. Responses of stream nitrate and DOC loadings to hydrological forcing and climate change in an upland forest of the northeastern United States
Daniel H. Doctor, Carol Kendall, Stephen D. Sebestyen, James B. Shanley, Nobuhito Ohte, Elizabeth W. Boyer. 2008. Carbon isotope fractionation of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) due to outgassing of carbon dioxide from a headwater stream
Stephen D. Sebestyen, Elizabeth W. Boyer, James B. Shanley, Carol Kendall, Daniel H. Doctor, George R. Aiken, Nobuhito Ohte. 2008. Sources, transformations, and hydrological processes that control stream nitrate and dissolved organic matter concentrations during snowmelt in an upland forest
N. Ohte, Stephen D. Sebestyen, C. Kendall, J.B. Shanley, S.D. Wankel, D.H. Doctor, E.W. Boyer. 2004. Tracing sources of nitrate in snowmelt runoff using a high-resolution isotopic technique

State University of New York College of Environmental Science & Forestry, Ph.D., Forest and Natural Resources Management, 2008
Cornell University, Department of Natural Resources, M.S., Program in Biogeochemistry & Global Change, 2000
Susquehanna University, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, B.S., 1997

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